In 1991, Major League Baseball awarded South Florida a baseball franchise. The facility is now known as Sun Life Stadium after Sun Life Financial purchased the naming rights for $7.5 million annually for five years.

In May 2009, the stadium’s naming rights were briefly bought by Land Shark Lager, a beer that Jimmy Buffett markets in a deal with Anheuser-Busch. Originally known as Joe Robbie Stadium, it was renamed Pro Player Stadium in 1996 and renamed Dolphin Stadium in January 2005. The stadium hosted 13 pre-season baseball games prior being award the Marlins and has had several names over the years. When the stadium was built for the Dolphins, Joe Robbie insisted on a rectangular grandstand layout that was wider than needed for football believing that baseball would possibly come to Miami. Three levels of seats enclose the entire stadium. In August 1987, the first football games was played at the stadium. After a site was selected, construction began December 1, 1985. Miami Dolphins (NFL) owner Joe Robbie first lobbied for a new stadium in 1984 for the Dolphins. Opening in 1987, Sun Life Stadium (then called Joe Robbie Stadium) was the first stadium built primarily for football, and later used permanently for baseball. The 2011 season marked the 18th and final season for the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium as they move into their new stadium in 2012.

Marlins at pro player stadium